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DORAH S. WILT AND VICTOR O. WILLIAMS, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. d, 1915.

Application filed November 11, 1914;. Serial No. 871,640.

To al whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DORAH S. l/VILT and VICTOR O. WILLIAMS, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Richmond, inthe county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a full, clear, andcomprehensive specification and exposition, the same being such as willenable others who are familiar with the art to which it pertains to makeand install the same with exactitude.

Broadly speaking our invention relates to metal shoes for horses orother animals, and particularly to removable and interchangeable calksfor such shoes, there being removable calks provided both for the toeand the heels of the shoe. The particular object of this invention beingto provide a smooth face horseshoe having means whereby either blunt orsharpened calks may be attached thereto, or removed therefrom, withoutthe necessity of removing the shoe from the animals hoof, and Withoutthe necessity of resorting to a blacksmith in order to make the desiredchanges, the only tool required being a wrench for operating thetap-bolts employed therewith.

Other minor objects and particular advantages of our invention willpresent themselves in the course of the following description, and thatwhich is new will be presented in the appended claims which term} natethis specification.

The preferred construction for exemplifying our invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings. forming a part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a bottom plan or face view of a plain horseshoe, thesame being shown as provided with means whereby our detachable calks maybe attached thereto. Fig. 2 is the same as Fig. 1 except that thehorseshoe is shown with detachable calks attached thereto. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the toe calk alone, showing the same with asharpened edge or tread. Fig. 4 is a per spective view of one of theheel calks, showing the same with a sharpened edge or tread. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one of the heel calks, showing the same with a bluntend or tread. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the re taining plate for the toecalk shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of one of theretaining plates for the heel calks shown in Figs. 4: and 5. And Fig. 8is a detail cross section, as taken on line 88 of Fig. 2.

mals hoof, and also provided with the following instrumentalities whichdistinguish it from an ordinary stock shoe, all of whichinstrumentalities are formed in the face of the shoe: the threaded aertures l and 2 formed near the respective heels 2') and 0.

Located some distance, toward the toe a,

from the apertures l and 2, are the corre sponding threaded apertures 3and 4. Numeral 5 denotes a socket located. between and in alinement withthe apertures l and 3, and the same is located nearer the aperture 1than it is to aperture 3. Numeral 6 denotes a socket located between andin alinement with the apertures 2 and l, and the same is located nearerthe aperture 2 than it is to aperture 4. Numerals 7 and 8 denote twothreaded apertures which are spaced apart and they are located an eoualdistance from and on each side of the toe a, that is the center of theshoe. Numerals 9 and 10 denote two sockets which are located between theapertures 7 and 8, and they are spaced apart and are located an equaldistance from and on each side of the toe c, or the center of the shoe,all substantially as shown in Fig. 1. Numeral 11 denotes an elongatedretainng plate for the toe calk, the said plate having the ears (Z and eat its termini, with apertures f and 9 formed throughthe respectiveears, as in Fig. 6. Formed longitudinally of and extending through thesaid plate 11 is the large slot B; and formed around said slot is thechannel C, which is L-shaped in cross section, the said channel being onthe back of said plate, that is next the body of the shoe A. Theapertures f and g are the same distance apart as are the apertures 7 and8, whereby when the plate 11 is placed in position, as in Fig. 2, theapertures f and 7 will register with each other, as will the apertures gand 8 register with each other. The plate 11 is adapted to be secured tothe shoe bv the tap'bolts l2 and 13, respectively entering the aperturesf7 and g8.

Numeral 14 denotes the toe-calk, whose face, or tread, may be eithersharpened or blunt, and it is adapted to fit in the aperture B; A flangeD extends out entirely around the base of the calk 14, and this flangeis adapted to fit in the channel C whereby the base of the calk and itsflange will rest on the face of the shoe, with the greater portion ofthe calk protruding out through the slot B, the flange D retaining thecalk in place, that is from sliding out.

In order to make the calk more secure there are two lugs, E and Fextending from the base of the calk, which lugs fit in the respectivesockets 9 and 10, and they relieve the plate of part of the strain.

Numerals 15 and 16 denote the two retaining plates for the respectiveheel calks 17 and 18. The said plates 15 and 16 are identical with eachother, each having a slot H centrally thereof extending longitudinallytherethrough, as in Fig. 7, and formed aroundthe slot H are the channelsI, which are L-shaped in cross-section, the said channels I being on thebacks of said plates, that is next the body of the shoe A, as shown inFig. 8.

In the rear ends of each of the plates 15 and 16 is formed an aperture,as the aperture :0 shown in Fig. 7, which register with the apertures 1and 2 to receive the respective tapbolts 19 and 20, as in Fig. 2. In theforward ends of the plates 15 and 16 are formed the slot-like apertures,or notches, y and 2, which register with the respective apertures 3 and1, to receive the respective tap-bolts 21 and 22, as in Fig. 2.

Extending out from around the base of each of the calks 17 and 18 is therespective flanges M and N which fit in their respective channels I,with the calks extending through the slots H, all as shown in F ig. 8,with the base of the calks and their flanges resting on the face of theshoe A, the flanges preventing the calks from sliding out through theirapertures H, and holding the calks solidly in position.

In order to make the calks more secure We provide each of the calks witha lug, R and S respectively, which project from the inner faces of thecalks and they are located near their rear ends. The said lugs R and Sfit in the respective sockets 5 and 6, as shown in Fig. 8, and theycontribute to holding the calks solidly in position.

We have shown the calks 1 1 and 17 as formed with sharp treads or faces,and the calk 18 with a blunt or flat tread or face, but we would have itunderstood that our invention contemplates that all or a part of thecalks may have sharpened treads or faces,

or they may all or a part of them may have blunt treads or faces, asdesired.

It should be noticed that our shoe may be used plain or smooth, as inFig. 1, and then without removing the shoe from the hoof of the animalone or more of the calks, either with sharp or blunt treads, may bequickly attached thereto, and they may be as quickly detached therefromwhen the occasion for their use has passed. It should also be observedthat when either sharp or blunt calks are in place on the heel portionsof the shoe that they may be changed with out removing the bolts 21 and22, but simply loosening said bolts, then by removing the bolts 19 and20 the rear ends of the plates and the calks may he slid back, the bolts21 and 22 passing through the slots 2 and 2.

Having now fully shown and described our invention, what we claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A horseshoe having means for securing a plate thereto, a plateadapted to be detachably secured to the face of the shoe, there being aslot formed through said plate and a channel formed around said slct onthe contact face of the plate, a calk adapted to fit in and pro ect outthrough said slot in the plate with the base of the calk in contact withthe face of the shoe, a flange extending out from around the base of thecalk and fitting in said channel to hold the calk solidly in position,and lugs projecting from the contact face of the calk and each fittingin a socket formed therefor in the face of the shoe, all substantiallyas shown and described.

2. In a horseshoe, a plate having a slot therethrough, means for'detachably securing the plate to the face of the shoe, a calk adaptedto fit in said slot in the plate with its base in C(JltflCt' with theface of the shoe, a flange extending out from around the base of thecalk and fitting in a channel formed around said slot in the plate, alug projecting from the contact face of the base of the calk and fittingin a socket formed in the face of the shoe, all substantially as shownand described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DORAI-I S. \VILT. VICTOR O. WILLIAISIS. Vfitnesses:

R. E. RANDLE, RoB'r. W. HANDLE.

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Washington, D. G.

